Caperberries are wild savoury fruits that grow in the sun-drenched mountainous areas of Morocco.
More subtle and palatable by themselves than their sister fruit, the caper, caperberries can be enjoyed as an aperitif, used in purees, sauces, sautes and dressings, as an ingredient in pizza-toppings or added to a Martini or a Bloody Mary as a flavorful garnish.
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Caperberries
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History of Caperberries
If the caper bud is not picked, it flowers and produces a fruit called a caperberry.
The caper-berry is mentioned in the Bible in the book of Ecclesiastes as "avionah" according to modern interpretation of the word.The caper was used in ancient Greece as a carminative. It is represented in archaeological levels in the form of carbonised seeds and rarely as flowerbuds and fruits from archaic and Classical antiquity contexts. Athenaeus in Deipnosophistae pays a lot of attention to the caper, as do Pliny (NH XIX, XLVIII.163) and Theophrastus.
Caperberries Recipes
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